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We could rewrite the history for next generation and no one would likely notice it. Nearly all tellings of history have a bias, and people nearly always mistel
by rmc 13y ago
We could rewrite the history for next generation and no one would likely notice it.
Nearly all tellings of history have a bias, and people nearly always mistell history, espeically history about their tribe/country/ethnicity/country. This is nothing new.
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y agoThey say history is written by the winners of wars.
- thearn4 13y agoI think that there are just as many counter examples of this as there are confirmations. The Mongols are probably the best counter example.
- mortenjorck 13y agoHistory is written by the writers with the most popular narrative. Military hegemony is the most common way to ensure your narrative's popularity, but it's not the only way.
- rmc 13y agoCounter-examples: The Vikings. Most of the history of the Viking was by Christian monks in England and the like, who were the victims of the Vikings.